The Press: Unofficial but Authoritative

Snapped the Army & Navy Journal impatiently: it is high time for Russia
to help her Allies with a "second front" in Poland. Quick as an echo
last week came the reply of Russia's own army journal, Red Star: such
talk bears "the Goebbels trademark." Izvestia chimed in: "Small-caliber
strategists. . . ." Russia's mighty Pravda (circulation: 2,000,000) had
already paid its blunt respects: "This journal looks ugly."

All this attention from Russia was due not to the Army & Navy Journal's
circulation (27,568 weekly) but to its reputation as an "unofficial but...